<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""><div><div class="">On 11 Jul 2016, at 5:59 AM, Alan Greenberg <<a href="mailto:alan.greenberg@mcgill.ca" class="">alan.greenberg@mcgill.ca</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div class="">For those of you who do not "follow" all of our Wiki pages, please note the comment I made today on the Proposed Amendments to Base New gTLD Registry Agreement.<br class=""><br class="">When I and others first reviewed the amendments, we did not find much to comment on. In conversations during and after Helsinki (with both At-Large people and those from other parts of ICANN), it became more obvious (to me) that there are several issues that need to be raised - forcefully.<br class=""><br class="">The comment period officially ends this coming Wednesday, but I have asked for a week's extension. We should hear tomorrow whether this is granted.<br class=""><br class="">The registry agreement governs the core of one of ICANN's main areas of responsibility. Please look at the comments at <a href="https://community.icann.org/x/uBiOAw" class="">https://community.icann.org/x/uBiOAw</a> and circulate as appropriate.<br class=""><br class="">If there is no extension granted, we will have to act very quickly, so please let us know if you, in general or in detail, support the ALAC making such a comment.<br class=""><br class="">Alan (taking time out from a great and peaceful vacation in Finland, so you have some idea of the importance I put on this)<br class=""><br class="">_______________________________________________<br class="">ALAC mailing list<br class=""><a href="mailto:ALAC@atlarge-lists.icann.org" class="">ALAC@atlarge-lists.icann.org</a><br class="">https://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/alac<br class=""><br class="">At-Large Online: http://www.atlarge.icann.org<br class="">ALAC Working Wiki: https://community.icann.org/display/atlarge/At-Large+Advisory+Committee+(ALAC)<br class=""></div></div></div><br class=""></div></body></html>